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Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the Purgatorio
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Full Title:
Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the Purgatorio
Contributors:
By (Author) Francis Fergusson
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
15th February 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
851.1
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
244
Dimensions:
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
Weight:
227g
Description
The individual insights employed in this reading of the Purgatorio are those of a twentieth-century mind, as are the author's references: T. S. Eliot, Henry James, I.A. Richards, Jacques Maritain, and many others. Purposely avoiding the pitfalls of Dantean scholarship, Mr. Fergusson reveals the drama of the order of Dante's vision, the developed fo
